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For centuries women have used cloth as a tool of comfort and as an expression of beauty within their homes. Creating cloth for warmth, cloth for shelter, our female predecessors embellished these linens with hand stitch using laborious and time consuming techniques thereby enhancing the functional beauty of objects which enveloped and protected their families. Inspired by these women I hope my creations pay tribute to and recognise the devotion expressed in cloth by our female ancestors .

''the use of traditional often time consuming process alludes to the devotion of a mother''. c K. A. Ruane 2007

Monday, April 30, 2012

did you miss me......

Hi honey I'm home! Back from an eventful weekend in the amazing city of London with my little girl, on her birthday and having spent an afternoon taking tea with Alice in Wonderland. There will be more of that in a few days in my May newsletter....there are other things to share here.I ate cake, I drank champagne (and for someone who never normally touches alcohol that half glass of bubbly caused a little bit of a hot flush I can tell you) and I spent around 5 hours in hospital.....who says I don't know how to have fun!? Actually it demonstrates clearly why I hardly ever leave the house... I'm not to be trusted in public.....and I might add that this was the day before I consumed my half glass of champagne....

From nowhere......an incredibly painful, bloodshot and hideously swollen right eye appeared just as I was about to hit the shops. (it was the bank manager I hear you cry...well probably!) It was agony and I couldn't see....no help at all when shopping is planned. So off I staggered to the NHS drop in centre in Soho...sorry we can't help you....it needs to been seen at the Moorfields Eye Hospital....so the upshot after hours of prodding, testing, poking, shining lights in to my eye, sitting around, drinking copious amounts of coffee, trying to be brave and not cry......a scarred cornea girls, caused by an infection of unknown origin.....medication dispensed, refused an eye patch as apparently that would make it worse, reduced to walking around looking like cyclopsdue to the lack of a begged for eye patch....my scarred cornea and I are now home....I did go shopping, the next day. I didn't get everything my heart desired but never mind....an excuse to go back soon I think!

Enough of the drama though...today's pictures.....these are in honour of tomorrows new start for embroider, embellish, create...a last call so to speak. Get over here to sign up...and never fear, a half blind, Cyclops impersonating teacher is better than no teacher at all!!

Did I miss you? Nope! Did you miss me? Doesn't sound like it. You know how to do things with style don't you? Glad you enjoyed yourself with your daughter though and I do hope that eye heals really quickly. I know what it's like to go around looking as if you have done 10 rounds with Mike Tyson and it kind of makes you want to stay in behind closed doors.

Hoping your eyes heals very quickly! Boy, isn't it just the way it is for something like that to come up when you are planning to enjoy yourself? But it sounds like you managed to have a good time in spite of it all. Glad you're home and on the mend.

I'm glad you had a great time in London, apart from the eye troubles. There was no time to miss you, I was very busy finishing projects before your class starts tomorrow. I'm just catching up blogreading after spending a lovely time at a flea market. I bought some great goodies to use in your class!

Karen, I am so sorry to hear of your eye ordeal! I hope you are on the mend and will be right as rain soon. I can't imagine how awful that ordeal must have been and a worry too. Our eyes and our fingers are so important...take care, and get well!

Even big pictures aren't big enough - I just want to pore and sigh over every exquisite detail of these. Sounds like you had a scary time with your eye. Fingers crossed it's back to normal very soon. Take care!

My God! Not the review I expected to read from your London trip! What a terrible time. I hope you and your eye are now resting and improving a little more each day.I note the champagne was consumed the next day, so I assume it didn't entirely stop you from enjoying yourself. :)

Oh my - this proves we can't let you go out to play alone! Next time we just have to all come with you to keep you safe, that's all there is to it. Seriously, I do hope your eye is much better and that the hurt has gone away.

Oh dear, how awful! I wondered why everyone was asking about your eye in more recent post comments. What a shame I hope it heals quickly. Couldnt help but laugh though at your discription of yourself :)